Durgachak is a town in

Purba Medinipur district Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrativ ...

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Geography

Location

It is located at an elevation of 1 m from MSL.

Police station

Durgachak police station has jurisdiction over

Haldia Haldia is an industrial port city in Purba Medinipur in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a major river port and industrial belt located approximately southwest of Kolkata near the mouth of the Hooghly River, one of the distributarie ...

CD Block. Durgachak police station covers an area of 44,21 km² with a population of 71,067. Durgachak police station is located in Haldia municipality.

Urbanisation

79.19% of the population of Haldia subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 20.81% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Places of interest

* Balughata * Gopaljew Temple * Shiva Mandir * Township Riverside * Patikhali Riverside

Transport

Durgachak railway station Durgachak railway station is a railway station on the Panskura–Haldia branch line in South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The railway station is situated at Durgachak in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This ...

and

Durgachak Town railway station Durgachak Town railway station is a railway station on the Panskura–Haldia branch line in South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The railway station is situated at Durgachak in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ...

are situated on the Panskura-Haldia line.

References

External links

About Durgachak
* Neighbourhoods in Haldia {{PurbaMedinipur-geo-stub